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You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
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A Sign of God's Favor
Commentators agree that Eliphaz is offering Job a conventional blessing for the righteous: a numerous and prosperous family. The phrases 'great seed' and 'offspring as the grass of the earth' were common ways to describe the abundance that was seen as a tangible sign of God's favor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great - Margin, “much.” That is, your posterity shall be numerous. This was one of the …
19th Century
Anglican
Great. —The word also means numerous, which seems to suit the parallelism better here. The whole description is a very be…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall know also that your seed [shall be] great Not his seed sown in the earth, and the increase of that, but hi…
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Eliphaz gives Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes fr…
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had already accused blessed Job of both impatience and presumption because he declared himself innocent. Now, he tries to address the despa…
